Delivering type to a galley in type-setting and type-casting machines.



W. NICHOLAS & W. ACKERIVIAN.

DELIVERING TYPE TO A GALLEY IN TYPE SETTING AND TYPE CASTING MACHINES.

' APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, I9I4.

1 ,QS?,686 P Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

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' Setting and Type-Casting Machines, fully specification and the accompanying draw-' WILLIAM NICHOLAS, OF SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT, AND WILLIAM ACKERMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO'PREMIER MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORA I TION OF DELAWARE.

D LIVERING'TYPETO A GALLEY IN To all whom it may concern y I Be it known that we, WILLIAM NICHOLAS, a sub ect of the King of Great Britain, re-

siding atSouthport, 'countyof Fairfield, and

county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements for Delivering Type to Galleys in Type described and represented in the following ings, forming a part of the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in type casting and setting machines, having; especial reference to thegalley-mechanism employed in connection therewith. One'of' the objects of our invention is to provide a galley mechanism which "may be adjusted both to the pointwise value of type to be fed therein and also adjustable to various lengths of lines'to. be held thereby, from, the minimum to the maXimumlengths, such asare employed'for example in magazine, news paper, book ilIlClJOb prlntmg; Wh le essential'fe'atures of our invention may be used 1n 'o'rdmary type setting machines and 'various types ofcasting machines, the preferred embod ment herein illustrated 1's designed,

with avieW to beingiemployed type castmg and composing machine similar [to the one'illustrated in our joint No.

964,677. I I p 4 Generally described, our invention "comprises'what may be termed: an adjustable galley head mechanism, mto whicha line.

may be inserted either after or during the assemblingor composing of the type in the usua'l'manner of setting machines, and means for transferring the lines thus composed into the open end of an ordinary printers galley. Special forms of 'galleys have been designed for use in connection with ma chines of" this'class, but our present inven tion contemplates the employment of, the ordinary printers galley of the usual'for-m, I open at the end, 'int-o which the assembled'lines are forced by whatis termed" the line pushing mechanismfancl it s 'novel 2 features ,more particularly considered comprise the mechanism for receiving 'the type j I as they are being composed and holding them Specification of Letters Patent. v

TYPE-SETTING AND TYPE-CASTING MACHINES.

- pleted, and the means whereby this-mecha- Patented Aug. 21, 1917. Application filed July 7, 1914. Serial No. 849,578. I

nism can be adjusted with a minimum of care andattention on the part of the oper ator. 4 I I In the accompanying drawlng illustrative of a preferredembodiment of our invention,

Figure l is a plan view of the galley head or holder; Fig 2 is a detail; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation upon line 3 3 of Fig. looking in the directlon of the arrows; and

'Fig. {l is a like sectional View on line of Fig. 1.

Having reference to thed'ra wing, 1 rep resents an ordinary printers galley such as H a 0 chines, which is adapted to lie withits open is usually employed on type setting maend flat upon'the floor 3 ofthe galleyhead mechanism 2, 'being clamped thereon in such of the galley lies substantially in the same plane as that of the head, in which position" the galley is clamped at one end to"thesup-' porting head mechanism, and at the other to an extension reachingsubstantially the length of{ the galley and su plying; a suit-= able support therefor, which is not shown in be any width, and-"therefore the head block manner that the top surface of the bottom is madeadjustable to such var ing widths Hence, in order'thus to receive llnes of- Lllfferent widths in a single galley, a slidable mechanism is -provided' which comprises a removable side-bar l forming temporarily one sidewall of a galley while the: lines are being pushed thereinto.

lVe are aware that galley devices have been made-with such removablewalls paral- I leling the oppositesides of the galley which have been adjustable to different column w1dths,andwh1le this feature forms a neccs sary part'of our present ihventionyit is not in itself claimed'as a novel feature, except.

thelothe'r is conveniently clamped to theend Wall" at the foot of the galley by any conm so far-as it isfound necessary to. complete the operations of the other elements of our apparatus.v i

one end in the head mechavenien'tmeans which is readily detachable from the galley. The floor 3 of the galley head mechanism extends laterally to any W dth desired anti"ll'ltlyybfi' made to cover subsh ntia-lly the full width of the (JUll1 )OS ing machine, and has resting thereupon a head block 5, which is adjustable laterally as'required, in accordanceto the 'point'size of line being set on the machine. In its normaliposit'ion of rest, the head block 5, therefore, furnishes one of the guiding Walls into which the line is fed While being assembled in the process of composing the printing ty'pesinto lines. Thisbar is adapted to be moved'by any well known means foroperating "galley pushers, from its normal,posi

, tion'of rest transversely across the channel into which theline has been fed in the m annerindicated, thereby forcing the composed line into the galley or rather'into the head mechanism 2 of the galley 1, which forms av practical continuation of the galley proper.

A rule 7 of the form'commonly employed in this connection, in the present. embodiment, of our invention is made to extend upwardly from the floor 3 of 'the galley head mecha} nism through a slot of substantially the lsam'e' width as the, thickness of the rule,

which in the usual manner, by mechanism properly timed for the purposes, causes the rule'to be withdrawn below the surface of the floorjof the galley head immediately before the" head block 5 or guide is operated.

to remove'the'lineas described. The head casting machine'into the galley. U

The-type are fed singly into the assem-' block andrule are made substantially the fulljfwidth of the galley mechanism and therefore, by adjusting the sidebare lat.-

er'ally to any given width of line, highly convenient adjustable. means have been dis- I the "closed for transferring the line from blingchannelbetween thehead block 5-and the rule 7 against a frictional traveling bl00l{.6 which may be made of soft rubber or other suitable expansible material by suitable delivering means, which carries each type to a point immediately beyond theline of the fixed galley wall 8.1 ,At this point 'in the floor within the advancing galley a slight step doWnis provided into vwhich the foot of the type drops and by means of which that portion of the type is retained within the lines of the galley, with the delivering means withdrawn. The upper portion of the type body is similarlyheld within the lines of the galley by means of an auxiliary pusher which is slidably mounted upon the head block 5, having thes'ide. thereof. adjacent. the point where the i type are received in operable alinement with the innenwall of the Side 8 of the galley.

- The pusher 9 is operated by means of. a con- 1 nection with a fulcrum lever 10 pivotally mounted upon theblock 5, one end of which justment of the head block 5 ofthe by means of a pin ll is engagedby a traverse slot 12 in the auxiliary pusher. The lever 10 in turn is operably connected with a cam rod 13 upon the outer end of which is a roll 14 which engagesa cam 15 on the driving shaft 16 of'the type casting machine. On the shaft 16 is also pinned thev cain which operates the type delivering plunger 18, the cam and connecting mechanism not being shown, 1t being deemed. necessary merely to po1nt out that the operation of the cam and plunger 18 must be synchronized with that of the auxiliary pusher into the; galley head in. the manner de scribed, comprises the traveling block 6, as

pointed out, which is slidably mounted to traverse the full length of thehead block 5,

but when the line has been completed, itis forced. into the galley'by the operation of the lateral movement of thehead block 5 immediately upon the withdrawal of the rule 7 beneath the floor of the galley, each line being deliveredagainst thegordinary the side piece 8.

The camrod 13 is urged inthe direction galley block of the usual frictional type, or V a preceding "line of composition. The type .thus. forced into the galley being held normal position adjacent the-inner wallv of of the cam 15 by means of a coil spring suitably provided thereon as shown inFig.

' 1, and operates normally to hold the cam roll against its" cam. The rod itself is adjustably connected with the fulcrum lever 10 by screw adjustment to admit of alateraladin accordance with the size of type to'be held therein, which in the process of adjustment after theblock 5 has been set tothe size of type to be employed in connection therewith, the adjusting screw on the rod 13 is turned until the type contacting edge of galley the auxiliary pusher 9 coincides with corre V sponding surface of the head block 5 which as has been seen delivers the entire line into the galley. It is apparent that as the line is pushed by the head block into the galley, inasmuch as the fulcrum lever towhich the auxiliary pusher is attached is mounted upon the head block, the auxiliary pusher would be carried beyond the type contacting faceof the block 5 unless preventive means 1 is supplied. Hence the fulcrum lever has a stopportion 10" which is projected to conthe machine.

- tact a stationary stop 10 on the frame of receiving throat of said Having described our invention, What We claim is:

1. In a type casting and composing machine, a galley mechanism comprising means for receiving type therein as composed into lines in said machine; means comprising a line pusher for transferring lines into said galley, said line pusher being adjustable in accordance With the pointvvise value of type lines; and yielding means on said line pusher for supporting the forward end of the lines of type received therein; and means adj ustably attachable to said line pusher defining the end of the line to be received into said galley.

2. In a type casting and composing machine, a galley mechanism comprising a fixed Wall and a laterally movable Wall parallel to said fixed Wall; means for feeding successive type into said galley mechanism comprising a type plunger; a type pusher at the galley mechanism adapted to be Withdrawn as type are fed thereinto and immediately thereafter adapted to push said type against the inner face of said fixed Wall; a line pusher adapted to push lines of type into a galley attached to said mechanism, said type pusher being slidably mounted on said line'pusher, and having the type contacting end thereof nor- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the mally in alinement with the corresponding surface of said line pusher; and means for operably adjusting said type and line pusher in accordance with pointWise dimensions of lines of type cast by said machine.

In a type casting and composing machine, a galley mechanism comprising a transversely recessed floor portion adapted to receive therein the galley bottom by the open end, said recess having a depth slightly greater than the thickness of said galley bottom; a clamping block to support the end of the galley; a fixed side Wall and a lateral movable Wall parallel to said fixed Wall, said fixed Wall adapted to form a stop for the galley and said movable Wall adapted to form a supporting guide for type in said galley; means for adjustably holding said movable Wall parallel at all positions relative to said fixed Wall, comprising a clamped block and means for justifying said clamp block to the floor of said galley mechanism.

In testimony whereof, We have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

VILLIAM NICHOLAS. WILLIAM ACKERMAN.

Witnesses Enrrrr ENNISSON, JAMES ENNISSON.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

